Vaginal syringe



Patented May 4, 1926.

.[UNlirE-D s TATES rrrz EDWARD Pennine, or cHrcAGo HnIeHfrs, ILLINOIS. i v

" j i vAe-INAL SYRINGE.

Application filed February 21, 1924. sei-iai No; 694,397.

T 0 @ZZ whom t may concern.' Y

Y Be it known that I, Firz EDWARD PARK- LER, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago Heights, in the county` of Cook and 'State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaginal Syr inges; and I do hereby declare the following to `be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others `skilled -in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisiinvention relates to an improvement in syringes, and more particularly, to a vaginal syringe which will be used to thoroughly cleanse the walls of the vagina. l

' The yobject of the invention is to provide a suitable construction of syringe which'will be formed 4with a lplurality of discharge openings through whicha cleansing flui'd may be sprayed, to thoroughly cleanse and irrigatethe walls of the vagina, and an integrally formed outlet ory drain groove whereby theliquid may -be removed or drained from the vagina after the same has been cleansed.

The further object of the invention is to provide a vaginal syringe which will be kprovided with means for discharging a cleansing fluid therethrough, together with means for draining the liquid fromthe interior of the vagina, and means for regulating the flow of the liquid to' and from the syringe, as desired. y

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds. y

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of my applicatio-n,

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing my improvement in vaginal syringes;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the fluid supply tube and the valved pressure bulb;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of my improvement Figure t is a side elevation of the regulating means for the fluid;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 5--5 of the Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 6 6 of the Figure 1.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawingsl to designate cerresponding parts. Y

My invention comprises an elongated injection tube 1, which is provided at its foring fianges 2, which give a star shaped appearance to the forward end of the said tube.

An annular flange or collar 3 is formed adjacent the rear end of the tube 1 and is conward end with aplurality of radially extendi t nected with the downwardly depending'outf let yor drain groove 4l, which extends `the full length of said tube. Y,

The injection rtube is threaded at its inner end as at 5,and is adapted to support the `stopper' or shield 6, the inner end of which is .spaced a slight distance from the adjacent end of the collar 3,.,thereby forming an air gap. A hollow nipple 7 is threaded on to Ithe inner lendf the tube 1 and serves to hold the stopper 6 in place. The stoppen 6 is: provided with anoutlet ordrain passage 8 which is in alinement with' the-open end ofthe drain groove 4t and terminates with the extension 9, which is adapted to receive the flexible drain tube 10.

A supply pipe or tube 11 is adapted "to be secured to the outer end of the nipple 7, and

to conduct the cleansing fluid from a supply receptacle (not shown).

The injection tube 1 is provided at its forward end with a plurality of narrow discharge slots 12, which are positioned betweenV the several radially extending flanges.

The regulating clamp 13 is adapted to be positioned over the tubes 10 and 11 in such a manner that both tubes may be compressed'to stop the flow of liquid through Y the same, or the drain tube may be partially closed prior to the closing of the inlet or supply tube, for purposes hereinafter described.' When the clamp 13 is in the position as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, both tubes will be open to freely pass the fluid.

A. suitable spring member 14 will be positioned above the supply tube 11 to prevent same from being kinked, and va valved bulb i f 15 will also be inserted in the supply line so that by squeezing the same pressure may be applied to the fluid as it is discharged from the discharge slots 12 at the outer end of the injection tube.

The operation of the vaginal syringe will now be described: The person desiring to use the syringe lies Hat on her back, and the injection tube will -be inserted into the mouth ofthe vagina until the stopper 6 completely'seals the same. The inner end ofthe injection tube will then he directlyr in front of the mouth of the womb, so that with the clamp 13 open, the cleansing fluid may freely pass therethrough and be discharged from the slots 12, thereby thoroughly cleansing and irrigating the Walls of the vagina and the entrance 1 to the Wombv sequently dilate the Walls thereof so that all of the folds may be thoroughly irrigated. The clamp 13 may then bev opened and the fluid will flow through the drain groove 4: and through the outlet passage 8 and drain tube 10 to a Waste receptacle. l

7When the supply of cleansing fluid has been exhausted, there will be a. difference of height of the fluid in the drain tube and the supply tube and in vieu7 of the pressure of air in the supply tube, there will be a siphoning action which will drain all of the liquid from the interior of the vagina. In most syringes it is practically impossible to use the same While the person is on her back, but With my device it will be quite simple to thoroughly and efficiently manipulate the syringe so that the interior Walls of the vagina Will be thoroughly cleansed and irrigated, and the fluid which would remain therein, due to the fact that the mouth of the vagina is on a higher leve-l than the interior thereof, will be positively siphoned therefrom.

If it is desired to secure a greater pressure of the fluid than is possible by having thev source of supply elevated above the injection tube, it is made possible by using the valved bulb 15.

It will be understood that While I have described my preferred form of vaginal syringe, I do not intend to limit myself to the specified construction of same, as

many minor Achanges in detail of construc-V tion may be resorted to Without departure from the spirit of the invention,

Having thus described my invention, what I claimvas new and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is:

In a syringe, a hollow injection tube, a

ture.

FITZ EDIVARD PARKLER. 

